Apparatus fok cleaning beek



Aug. 7, 1951 Filed Jan. '7, 1947 F. J. WARCUP APPARATUS FOR CLEANING BEER LINES Sheets-Sheet l Aug. 7, 1951 I F. J. WARCUP 2,563,335

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING BEER LINES Filed Jan. 7, 1947 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 /65 /22 2 17/; 77 I79 I l A /67 INVENTOR.

\Amw W ATTORNEYS 7, 1951 F. J. WARCUP 2,563,385

APPARATUS FOR CLEANING BEER LINES Filed Jan. 7, 1947 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 FIG.5

INVENTOR. NM \m NM 7 N mMWM W ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 7, 1951 APPARATUS FOR CLEANIN G BEER LINES Frederick J. Warcup, Nyack, N. Y.

Application January 7, 1947, Serial No. 720,516

This'invention relates to apparatus for cleaning pipe lines such as the beer lines used in taverns for the flow of beer from a keg to a tap" located on a bar.

One object of the invention is to provide improved apparatus for cleaning such lines. One feature of the invention relates to the washing out of the beer rod whenevera new keg is tapped, and another feature relates to the cleaning of the beer line with chemical cleaner.

Another object is to provide automatic apparatus by which a beer line can be cleaned in response to the operation of a knob on the bar and without disconnecting any lines. The bartender can continue his work at the bar while suc cessively cleaning each of the beer lines.

The invention utilizes a concentrated chemical cleaner that is mixed with water before being supplied to the beer line, and some features of the invention relate to apparatus for controlling the concentration of the cleaning fluid, and to the maintenance of the correct pressures on the chemical cleaning concentrate.

Another object of the invention is to prevent possible leakage of'water, or other liquid used in cleaning, into any of the beer barrels connected to the system in which the cleaner is used.

It is an important advantage of the invention that the lines can be cleaned quickly and conveniently because this results in having the lines cleaned more frequently, whereas they are not cleaned frequently enough when the operation en'- tails substantial time and trouble. Brewers have conducted extensive campaigns to educate tavern operators on the necessity of cleaning beer lines, but in spite of such campaigns it is estimated that in approximately nine taverns out of every ten the taste of the beer in influenced adversely by lines that are not cleaned frequently enough.

Other objects, features and advantages of the invention will appear or be pointed out as the description proceeds.

In the drawing, forming a part hereof, in which like reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views,

Fig. l is a diagrammatic view illustrating a beer distributing system embodying this invention,

Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in section, illustrating the chemical cleaning apparatus shown in 1,

Fig. 8 is an enlarged sectional view through a checi-z valve at the top of the chemical tank or" 9 Claims. (Cl. 225-.-12)

Fig. 4 is an enlarged sectional view through the capillary flow control tubing of Fig. 2,

"Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of one of the master control valves and one of the beer rod control valves used in the system shown in Fig. 1, and,

Fig. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line -5 of Fig. 5.

Fig. 1 shows a bar In located on the firstfloor- M of a tavern and equipped with a plurality of tan:- 2 and It. Only two taps are shown, but it will be understood that these are merely representative of a plurality of taps, it being common for bars to have four 01' six taps and sometimes more. The tap i2 isconnected by a beer line It to a keg ll located in the basement of the tavern. This beer line includes a cooling coil l9 enclosed by suitable refrigeration apparatus which is not illustrated since cooling coils in beer lines are conventional and well'understood equipment. The line It includes also a. master valve 2i. Tapping equipment 22 is connected to the lower end of the line l6 below the master valve 2% through a fitting 24 and flexible hose or tubing that comprises the lower end of the beer lino.

The tap It is connected by a beer line 26 with 5. keg t! in the basement, and this second beer line includes a cooling coil 29 and master valve 3i. Tapping equipment 32 is connected with flexible hose or tubing 35; comprising the'lower end of the beer line 26, by a fitting 3A which is shown section and on an enlarged scale; The fitting M is of similar construction. Each of the master valves 2i and 3| is preferably located close to the keg with which it is used. This proximity is best obtained by mounting the master valves on the wall of the room in which the kegs are kept. The master valves are thereby located within 3 to 6 feet of the kegs.

Each of the master valves 2| and at is connected with a water supply line 36'which connects with the city water main through a shutoff valve 3T, strainer 38, pressure regulator 39, gauge ti) and check valve 4|. The purpose of the master valves 2| and 3| is to selectively connest their respective beer lines I6 and 26 with either the kegs l! and 21 respectively or the water supply line 35.

The interior structure of the valve 2! is shown inFig. 5, and the other master supply valve 3| is of identical construction. Each of these master valves and 3| comprises a valve casing d2 having a central outlet port 43 communicating with the upper partlof the beer line l6 leading to the bar. The valve casing 52 has a lower port 45 connected by a nipple 49 with the flexible tubing 25 that comprises the lower portion of the beer line between the master valve 2| and the keg IT.

The water supply line 55 communicates with the interior of the valve casing 42 through a check valve 49 screwed into one end of the valve casing. The central port 43 communicates directly with a chamber 5|, and there are valve seats at opposite ends of this chamber 5| for valve elements 53 and 54. These valve elements are attached to a valve stem 55 and include washers held against shoulders on the valve stem 55 by retainers 51.

The valve stem 55 is so correlated with the length of the chamber 5| between the valve seats that only one of the valve elements 53 and 54 can be in contact with its seat at any particular time. The valve elementjt is held in place by a cap 65 on the far end of the valve stem; and this valve element 53 has a strong bias toward the closed position a'sa result of the pressure of a springifil compressed between the cap 6|] and a strainer 53 located in a counterbore at the inner end of the check valve 49. A similar but lighter spring 65 on the other side of the strainer 63, holds a ball valve element 55 of the check valve 49 closed against the check valve seat at all times except when water is flowing into the master valve from the water supply line 36.

The valve element 54 is held in place on the valve stem 55 by a-connector 59 threaded over the end of the valve stem. At the outer end of the connector 69 there is a socket for receiving one end of a push rod 1 l The push rod extends through a stufiing box 12 and connects with a head 13 which contacts with one side of an imperforate diaphragm 1.4. The head 13 and push rod 'H are threaded together; and the total length of; the combined head and push rod can be adjusted by screwing them one way or the other with respect to one another.

This diaphragm 'M'is the working part of a servo-motor "I5 and. is operated by air or other fluid supplied to the space in front of the diaphragm 74 through tubing 11.

Whenever compressed air is supplied to the servo-motor 15 under suilicient pressure, the diaphragm 14 displaces the push rod H and shifts the valve element 54 into closed position against the pressure of the spring 5| The valve element 53 is moved into open position.

Whenever the valve elements 53 and 54 are in their normal positions, as shown in Fig. 5, the beer line I6 is in direct communication with the keg l1 through the chamber 5| of the valve casing. When working fluid is supplied to the servomotor 15 to push the valve element 54 into closed position, and the valve 53 into open position, the portion of the beer line l5 above the master valve is in communication with the water supply line 36.; and if the tap on the bar is opened, water from the supply line 36 flows past the check valve element 66around the open valve element 53 and through the central port 43 to the beer line 16.

a The water pressure forces the beer in the line "5 out through the open tap until all of the beer in the line l6 has run out. The water then flows from the tap and this is a signal to the bar tender that the beer line above the master valve contains only water. Each beer line is preferably left in this condition when the tavern is shut down for the night so that there can be no yeast growth or contamination of beer such as results from having beer standing in the lines over night.

4 The water supply line through which water flows to the master valve to displace beer from the line I5 is a part of the beer distributing system for purposes of this invention.

The water pressure is preferably adjusted to a value slightly higher than the beer pressure, for example the water pressure is one or two pounds per square inch, or is as high as five pounds per square inch, greater than the beer pressure.

The hose or flexible tubing 25 remains full of beer when the valve elements 53 and 54 are growth. When the kegs are not kept in a refrig-' erated compartment, the master valve is preferably located on tapping equipment. This eliminates the hose between the master valve and hes.

Even though the hose 25 is refrigerated, however, it is desirable that this hose, and the beer rod 22 should be washed out at fairly frequent intervals, and this can be done every time'a'new' keg is tapped. After the keg "becomes empty, for example, water can be run through the hose 25, fitting 24 and beer rod 22 by operating the servo-motor 15 to move the valve element 53 into open position,'and then operating a valve actuator comprising a handle and'cam 8|. This cam 8| turns as a unit with the handle 89 and displaces the diaphragm I4, against the pressure of the working fluid in the servo-motor 15, just far enough to cause both of the valve elements 53 and 54 to stand one-half way open at the same time. The Water from' the supply line 36 can then flow past the valve element 53, through the chamber 5|, past the valve element 54 and do through the outlet 45 to the hose 25. V

' Within the fitting24 there is a check valve element 85. This valve element closes against a valve seat 8! and has a central stem 88 for guiding the lower end of the valve element 85 into alinement with the opening through seat 81. The bottom face of the valve element 85 is preferably rounded or spherical and made of rubber or plastic material having a hardness of the order of 90 (Durometer).

The side walls of the valve element 85 are frustro-conical so that the valve element 85 has a cross section of minimum diameter intermediate its upper and lower ends. A push rod 94 slides in a housing 95 attached to the side of the fitting 24. The inner end of the push rod 94 is located above the level of the minimum diameter of the check valve element 85 so that when the push rod 94 is thrust toward the right in Fig. 5, the rod 94 pushes the valve element 85 against a screw 91 and with further displacement of the push rod 94, the valve element 85 is raised from its seat by the pressure of the screw 91 and push rod 94 against opposite sides of the tapered body of the valve element. A coil spring 98 is located in the housing 95 and is compressed between one end of the housing and a flange or pin 99 secured push rod 94. This push TQ 3 slides in a hous-..

ing 95 which screws into a counterbore oi. an opening 96 in one side of the fitting 24.

A coil spring 98 is located in the housing 35 and compressed between a shoulder at the end of the counterbore of the opening 95 and a flange 99 secured to the push rod 94. This spring 98 holds the push rod 95 in the position shown in the drawing.

A knob I01) on the outer end of the push rod 94 is pushed inward todisplace the push rod 94 into contact with the check valve element 35 to lift this valve element from its seat so that water can flow from the hose 25 through the fitting 24 and out through the beer rod and tapping q ment 22. The purpose of this check valve 85 is to prevent possible leakage of water into the beer keg IT in the event that the valve element 53 leaks when in closed position. Since the water pres* sure may be higher than the beer pressure it would be possible for water to flow into the keg unless prevented from doing so by the valves.

The check valve element as at the end of the water supply line 36 prevents beer from being forced back into the water line 35 in the event that the beer pressure in any of the kegs accidentally becoi as higher than the water pressure and the valve element 53 does not close tightly enough to withstand the beer pressure.

Fig. 6 shows the master valve attached to the wall by screws extending through the sides of a bracket ml which grips the lower end of the valve casing ilt and holds the assembly in place. This view shows also the construction of the handle 88 and cam 8! by which the master valve is moved into position. to supply water to the beer rod. The handle 89 has a transverse extension I (12 which passes through openings in. opposite sides of the valve casing t2 and turns in these openings as bearings. The cam element HI has a concave peripheral face and straddles the push rod TII. Since the cam 8| is pinned or otherwise rigidly fastened to the transverse extension Hi2, the push rod i I holds both the cam hi and the transverse extension I92 against endwise displacement. The handle 86 is moved up into the dotted line position shown in Fig. 5 when the cam ill is turned into position to supply water to the beer rod. The cam 8| has a flat portion at its region of maximum throw and the pressure of the diaphragm plate assembly Iii against the flat portion of the cam holds the cam inits position of maximum displacement and handle 89 in the position indicated. by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 5.

With this construction the master valve re mains in position to supply water to the beer rod only as long as the work fluid under pressure is supplied to the servo-motor l5. Whenever the working fluid is released from the servo-motor "I5 there will no longer be sufiicient pressure against the hat portion of the cam 31 to hold the handle "13d raised, and the handle 80 will drop by gravity to the dotted line position and move the cam 8| back into position where it no longer influences the operation of the servo-motor or master valve. There are open areas H34 in the valve casing 42 around the stuffing box T2 to provide access for a tool used to adjust the packing gland of the stuffing box.

Control devices for supplying working fluid to the servo-motors of the master valves are shown in Fig. l. The tubing TI from the master valve 2 I leads up to a valve casing I95 located on the bar. This valve casing contains a piston valve Itl operated by a knob I08 attached to one end of a valve stem outside of the casing I06.

With the piston valve H11 in the position shown, the tubing I7 is open to the atmosphere through the open end at the bottom of the valve casing IiiE. An air line IIll connects the upper portion of the valve casing Hi6 with a storage tank III. This tank may contain compressed air or carbon dioxide, and is preferably used also to maintain a gas pressure on the beer in the kegs I? and 21.

When the valve element Ill! is pushed down ward beyond the port through which the tubing ll communicates with the valve casing I86, compressed gas from the tank III is supplied from the line i it through the valve casing I06 and tubing I! to the servo-motor '55 of the master valve BI. Another control device Iill, mounted on the bar, controls the operation of the servornotor of the master valve 3|. This control device lIil is similar to the control device for supplying compressed air to the servo-motor I5 and is shown in position to maintain gas pressure on the servo-motor of the master valve Even with beer lines that are filled with water over night, and frequently washed out with clear water, it is desirable to clean the lines from time to time with a chemical cleaning medium. With this invention chemical cleaner from a reservoir 52E! is introduced into the water supply line 36 whenever a beer line is to be cleaned with chemical. The discharge of the chemical cleaner, which is preferably a liquid concentrate, from the tank I29 to the water supply line 35 is regulated by flow control means comprising valve means lZZ, operated by a servo-motor I23 and a throttling device I25 connected in series with the valve means for limiting the rate of discharge of the chemical into the water line.

Working fluid to operate the servo-motor I23 is supplied to the motor through tubing I2I connected with a control device I 23 located on the bar at the same station as the control device for the master valves 2| and 3!. The expression "at the same station is used herein to define a proximate location that permits an attendant to reach the different controls while standing in one place. Air, or other compressed gas, is supplied to the control device I28 through tubing I3II) which is preferably connected with the tank III. Compressed gas for the beer kegs is supplied from the tank I I I to the tapping equipment 22 and 32 through tubing its.

Fig. 2 shows the internal construction of the control device I28 and the other apparatus for supplying chemical cleaner to the water supply line 3%. The control device I28 includes a valve casing I32 having a center port I33 communicating with the tubing I21. The compressed gas line I30 opens through a cap I311 at the bottom of the valve casing I32 and there is a valve element I35 held against a seat in the valve casing.

by a spring I35. As long a this valve element I 35 is held against its seat by the spring I36, the supply of compressed gas from the line I39 is shut off from the port I33.

A valve stem I39 extends upward from the valve element I35 and there is another valve element I46 attached to the upper end of the valve stem I39. This upper valve element Mill is in openposition when the valve element I35 is closed and there is an exhaust port I42 through which gas from the tubing I27 can escape into the atmosphere whenever the valve element M0 is in open position.

A stem I44 extending through the upper end of the valve casing I32 is attached to a knob I46.

This knob is used by the bar tender to push the valve element I40 into closed position and the valve element I35 into open position whenever compressed gas is to be supplied to the tubing I21 to operate the servo-motor I23. Whenever the bar tender releases his pressure against the knob I 46, the gas from the servo-motor I23 is free to exhaust through the exhaust port I42. The valve means operated by the servo-motor I23 are so arranged that chemical cleaning fluid is supplied to the water line as as long as gas pressure is maintained on the servo-motor I23. It will be apparent, therefore, that the control device I28 is in effect a momentary contact control and that the operator determines the length of time that cleaning fluid feeds into the line by the length of time that he holds the knob I46 down against the pressure of the spring I35.

The reservoir or tank-l20 has an opening at its upper end closed by a cap I50. This cap is removed whenever the tank I20 is to be refilled, and the cap I50 is screwed into the filler opening and has a shoulder near its upper end for clamping against a gasket I52 to seal the tank against the escape of gas pressure from within the tank.

In order to make the discharge of liquid from the tank I20 substantially independent of the depth of liquid in the tank, a branch passage I54 conducts gas from the tubing I21 into the tank I20. There is a check valve I55 in the branch passage I54 for preventing escape of the gas from the reservoir I20 when the tubing I24 is open to exhaust.

Fig. 3 shows the construction of the check valve I55. It comprises a sleeve, of rubber or similar material, having a flattened lower end so formed that the sides of the sleeve contact with one another and close the sleeve against the entrance of gas into the lower end of the sleeve. At its upper end, the sleeve fits over a nipple I58 which extends downward from the branch passage I54. Gas entering the upper end of the sleeve opens the check valve by forcing the contacting sides of the check valve sleeve apart by internal pressure. A fitting I50 provides a housing for the check valve I55 and serves as the lower end of the branch passage I54 through which gas flows to the reservoir I20.

- At the bottom of the reservoir I20 there is a boss I63, and an outlet I65 opens through the top surface of the boss I53 and communicates with the valve means I22 through a nipple I65. By having the outlet I05 raised above the bottom of the reservoir I20, any dirt and sediment that eventually collects on the bottom of the reservoir remains there and is not carried into the flow control means beyond.

The valve means I22 includes a casing I66 closed at one end by a cap I51 and at the other end by a stufiin box I50. A valve element I10, in a chamber of the valve casing, is urged against a seat at the right-hand end of the housing by a spring "I. A valve stem I13 extending from one side of the valve element I slides in a guide I15 in the cap W1. A valve stem I11 extends from the other side of the valve element I10 through a passage I19 in the valve casing and then through the stufiing box I50 to a head I80 that contacts with a diaphragm I SI of the servomotor I23.

When air under pressure is supplied to the servo-motor I23 the diaphragm I8I displaces the head I80 and its connected valve stem I11 toward the left and moves the valve element I10 into open position. The head I80 and valve stem I11 are threaded together, and their combined length can be adjusted by rotating them with respect to one another. Friction is sufiicient to keep the head and valve stem in any adjusted relation. When the air pressure is released, the spring I1I moves the valve element I10 into closed position. The portion of the casing I66 that connects with the servo-motor I25 has openings I82 through which a tool can be inserted for adjusting the stufong box I58.

There is an outlet I83 through which the passage I19 communicates with a fitting I84 below the valve casing I66. This fitting is shown in detail in Fig. 4, and includes a partition I86 and a capillary tube I81 that opens through the partition. Although other throttling means can be employed, the capillary tube I81, wound as a helix to increase its length, has been proved very satisfactory by experience. The upper end of the capillary tube I81 extends for a substantial distance above the partition I86 so that any dirt or sediment that accumulates on the partition cannot be drawn into the capillary.

In a system having a water pressure of from 20 to 35 pounds per square inch, and a gas pressure in the reservoir somewhat higher than the existing water pressure, a capillary six inches in length and made of 3 2' inch tubing is satisfactory. This size of tubing has an inside diameter of .067 inch. These figures are given merely by way of illustration, and the throttling desired depends upon various factors including the degree of concentration of the cleaning chemical.

The lower end of the capillary, preferably extends down into the actual water stream that fiows through a T by which the fitting I84 is connected in the water supply line 36 so that the cleaning chemical which bleeds out of the capillary will distribute uniformly through the passing stream of water.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated and described, but various changes and modifications can be made and features of the invention can be used in different combinations without departing from the invention as defined in the claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a beer distributing system a beer line leading from a keg to a tap, a master valve in said beer line, a water supply line leading to the master valve, valve elements in the master valve movable into different positions to put the tap in communication selectively with either the keg or the water supply line, a regulator in the water supply line for coordinating the water pressure with the beer pressure in the system, a tank for holding a chemical cleaning liquid, a branch conduit extending from the water line and through which the tank communicates with the water line at a location between the regulator and the master valve, flow control means for determining the rate of discharge of liquid from the tank into a stream of water flowing in the water supply line, and a shut-off valve in the branch conduit at a location where it is operable to stop the flow of chemical cleaning liquid while water continuesto flow in the water line, and a gas supply line communicating with the interior of the tank for maintaining a gas pressure in the tank.

2. In a beer distributing system the combination of a pipe line for connecting a beer keg with a tap, a water supply line, valve means for connecting the pipe line selectively with the water supply line or the beer keg, a chemical tank for holding a liquid cleaning concentrate, a branch conduit leading from the water supply line to the chemical tank and including a capillary through which the liquid cleaning concentrate flows from the tank into a water stream flowing through the water supply line, and a valve for controlling the discharge of cleaning concentrate through the capillary.

3. The combination with a beer distributing system of a water line permanently connected to the system for supplying water to the system, a shut-off valve for the water line, a chemical tank for holding a cleaning concentrate, a branch conduit from the Water supply line including a capillary through which the chemical tank communicates with the water supply line, and a valve commanding the capillary.

4. Apparatus for cleaning a beer distributing system including valve means by which a beer line can be connected selectively with either a beer keg or a water supply line, a tank for holding liquid cleaner concentrate, a discharge conduit located at the bottom of the tank and having its entrance elevated above the bottom of the tank to prevent the entrance of sediment and dirt into said discharge conduit, a partition in the discharge conduit, and a capillary tube extending through the partition and forming the end portion of the discharge conduit for supplying cleaner concentrate to the water supply line, the entrance to said capillary tube being at an elevation above the lower end of the portion of the discharge conduit ahead of said partition.

5. In a beer distributing system including a valve means for selectively connecting a beer line with a beer keg or a water supply line, a chemical tank for holding liquid cleaner concentrate, a conduit connecting the chemical tank with the water supply line, and a valve for controlling the discharge of cleaner concentrate from the tank into the water supply line, said valve comprising a seat and a valve element that closes against said seat in the direction of liquid flow so that the valve element is held against the seat 1 by the pressure of liquid in the tank.

6. The combination with a beer line, of a water line permanently connected with the beer line for introducing water or a cleaning solution selectively into the beer line, valve means movable into one position to put the beer line in communication with a keg and movable into another position to put the beer line in communication with the water line, apparatus including a branch conduit that extends from the water line for introducing a cleaner concentrate into a stream of water flowing through the water line toward the valve means and the beer line, a shut-off valve commanding the branch conduit and operable to shut ofi the supply of cleaner concentrate when the beer line is to be filled with clear water, operating mechanism for the shut-oil valve including a servo-motor, and a control device remote from said servo-motor for controlling the supply of working fluid to the servo-motor.

7. The combination with a beer line for the flow of beer from a keg to a tap located on a bar, of a water line for introducing water or a cleaning solution selectively into the beer line, valve means movable into one position to put the beer line in communication with a keg and movable into another position to put the beer line in communication with the water line, apparatus including a branch conduit that extends from the water line for introducing a cleaner concentrate into a stream of water flowing through the water line toward the valve means and the beer line, a shut-oil valve commanding the branch conduit and operable to shut off the supply of cleaner concentrate when the beer line is to be filled with clear water,

. operating mechanism for the shut-off valve including a servo-motor, and a control device for the servo-motor comprising a valve located at the bar in the region of the tap at the upper end of the beer line, and a conduit commanded by said valve and extending to the servo-motor from a source of working fluid.

8. In a beer distributing system including a master valve, an upper beer line leading from the master valve to a tap, a lower beer line leading from the master valve to a beer rod, a water supply line connected with the master valve, apparatus for introducing a chemical cleaner into the water supply line, valve elements in the master valve movable into position to put the water supply line into communication with both the upper and lower beer lines, a valve casing having an inlet connected to the lower beer line and an outlet connected to the master valve, a valve seat at the inlet, a valve movable back and forth in response to difference in pressure at the inlet and outlet, respectively, between an operative position in which it engages said seat to prevent back flow and an inoperative position in which beer may flow from the lower beer line to the master valve, and a device for rendering said check valve ineffective when the beer rod is to be cleaned.

9. A beer distributing system comprising a tap, a beer rod for insertion into a beer keg, a supply line leading from the beer rod to the tap, a valve casing having an inlet connected to the beer keg and an outlet connected to the tap, a valve seat at the inlet and a valve movable back and forth in response to difference in pressure at the inlet and outlet, respectively, between an operative position in which it engages said seat to prevent back flow and an inoperative position in which beer may flow from the keg to the tap.

FREDERICK J. WARCUP.

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